tepid
英 ['tep?d]美['t?p?d]
- adj. 微溫的，溫熱的；不太熱烈的；不熱情的
TEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
中文詞源
tepid 微溫的，不熱情的
來自拉丁語 tepere,使微熱，溫熱，來自 PIE*tep,加熱。
英文詞源
- tepid
- tepid: [14] English gets tepid from Latin tepidus, a derivative of tepēre ‘be warm’. This was descended from the Indo-European base *tep- ‘warm’, which also produced Russian teplyj ‘warm’, Czech teply ‘warm’, and Welsh twym ‘hot’.
- tepid (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Latin tepidus "lukewarm," from tepere "be moderately warm," from PIE root *tep- "to be hot" (cognates: Sanskrit tapati "makes warm, heats, burns," tapas "heat, austerity;" Avestan tafnush "fever;" Old Church Slavonic topiti "to warm," teplu "warm;" Old Irish tene "fire;" Welsh tes "heat"). Related: Tepidly; tepidity.
雙語例句
- 1. If your child's temperature rises, sponge her down gently with tepid water.
- 如果你孩子的體溫上升，就用海綿蘸上溫水輕輕地擦拭她的身體。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The play was greeted with tepid applause.
- 這臺戲只得到了零落的掌聲。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The critics's reaction to the film was rather tepid.
- 評論家對那部影片的反映不太熱烈.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. His nomination, while strongly backed by the President, has received tepid support in the Senate.
- 盡管他的提名得到總統的大力支持，但支持他的參議員卻寥寥無幾。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.
- 她把嘴伸到水龍頭底下去喝那微溫的水。
來自辭典例句